Gu Zhu, Little Tea Lady

This is a historical farming novel that brings "tribute tea" from the altar of elegance back to the stove of fireworks. The story is anchored in the Guzhu Gong Tea House during the Dali period of the Tang Dynasty. It does not describe the wind and moon in the cups of emperors and generals, but only describes how Shen Zhiwei, a low-level tea lady who served for her younger brother, was forced to lead a "slow-fire and fine-roasting" life under the pressure of "Ji Cheng Tea". This is not a cheating story based on time travel through Goldfinger or Reborn Prophet. The heroine's "golden finger" is a "Tea Notebook" left by her father. It is the calluses on the fingertips that have been tested for ten years hanging three inches from the mouth of the steaming pot. It is the clear mind that calculates every rent, wages, and tea cake profits. She started in the firewood room of the Gong Tea House. She relied on her craftsmanship and account books to establish herself. She earned her way from "servant" to "tea worker" step by step, and then from "tea worker" to owner of the "Shen Ji" brand. Her independence is not a slogan, but the confidence derived from her professional skills and financial accounts. The male protagonist is not the prince and talented man in the traditional ancient novel, but Xie Runzhi, the guardian of the seventh spring in Guzhu Mountain. The relationship between the two did not have the grandeur of "a hero saving a beauty", but a pragmatic partnership of "you provide spring water and I will provide tea cakes", starting from a penny and a can of spring water to burying the wedding tea together for thirty years. The most touching love words are not "I won't marry you but for me", but "Who will light the fire for you when I leave". The author uses "tea process" instead of "emotional misunderstanding" as the narrative engine: picking green tea, steaming green tea, pounding green tea, patting cakes, baking, and sealing. The seven doors connect the seven levels of life. Under the pressure of the tribute tea system of "rushing to Chang'an in ten days", the heroine used the "double steaming method", "fire raising method" and "listening to the spring method" to turn the royal family's forced life into the calmness of the people. The writing style is as light and elegant as Gu Zhushanlan's, but it hides the deepest respect for the workers at the bottom - when the dignitaries were amusing themselves with purple bamboo shoots and tea poems, 30,000 laborers were "making a sound until the morning"; when the heroine pressed the crooked word "" on the tea cake, the story of a "little man using his craftsmanship to dig a ventilation hole for himself" really begins. Purpose: Under the pressure of "urgent journey", write about a "slow-burn" life. The article is based on the "Emergency Tea" system of the tribute tea house in the Tang Dynasty. It does not write about the heroic myth of the "big heroine" who resisted feudalism, but about how a low-level tea girl used her fingertips to test fire, the accounting book of one cake and one penny, and the contractual spirit of "brothers settling accounts clearly" to carve out a "slow fire and careful baking" for herself in the cracks of the system. Its novelty lies in the triple "backlash": Anti-"Golden Finger": the heroine's independence does not rely on the prophet of time travel, but relies on the fire formula in her father's handbook and the calluses worn out for ten years; Anti-"Hegemon Redemption": the male protagonist is a low-level worker in Shouquan, and their relationship began with the complementary means of production of "you provide spring water and I provide tea cakes", rather than the protection of power; Anti-"speed worship": In addition to the rush logic of "getting to Chang'an in ten days", the "slow fire" philosophy is proposed - true personal dignity is not to overturn the card table, but to maintain the rhythm with craftsmanship, the bottom line with contracts, and the roots with patience in a system that cannot be escaped, making the word "folk" more weighty than "tribute".